&[censored] of peak oil will be slamming down well before the most extreme consequences of man-induced climate change give me beach front property here in central Florida.<br><br>P.S. Why in the Sam Hill is this topic in the political soapbox forum? Anthropogenic global climate change is a fact of life, not beholding to any particular politcal point of view and certain to impact every living organism on the Earth, party affiliation notwithstanding. Those who fail to deal with it now will need to keep their reality distortion machines fully charged over the next 20 to 30 years.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by cope on 07/06/08 08:14 PM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p> Or turning on every light in your house for the entire evening to spite people who may advocate conservation and promote a Green lifestyle.<p><hr></blockquote><p>What kind of as[i][/i]shole would do that?<br><br>

Couple of years ago, I think it was Houston, TX, scientists reported that the air quality had improved significantly in the city, due to various clean up initiatives. The downside was that the city temperature had increased moreso than neighbouring cities. They cited the reduction in particulate pollution was allowing more sunlight to heat the city.<br><br>I used to think it was terrible that life was unfair. Then I thought what if life were fair and all of the terrible things that happen came because we really deserved them? Now I take comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.

_________________________I used to think it was terrible that life was unfair. Then I thought what if life were fair and all of the terrible things that happen came because we really deserved them? Now I take comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.

Going back to the original post for a moment ... I can understand the concern over the NBC Universal acquisition of The Weather Channel if you have the mindset that Global Warming is a farce and the climate fear agenda is concocted by a liberal media and Algore (ManPigBear, etc.), and that science is a big liberal lie. <br><br>On the other hand, it's only The Weather Channel. The place you may tune to for a few moments during the day to see what the local weather is, or how much worse the weather is where you aren't. <br><br>I think situations like Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. buying The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Company is a much bigger deal. The agenda there seems a lot more influencial than Matt Lauer could ever hope to be. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>

The polar ice caps reflect a lot of solar radiation. With the measurable and accelerating shrinkage of those ice caps, there is less reflective surface at the poles which equates to more warming. We passed the tipping point a while ago, so there is no stopping the current cycle of climate change. We might be able to slow it, but not stop it at this point. I hope our Canadian friends can start farming on a large scale as their climate begins to resemble the current climate now in our mid-west and plains.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I think situations like Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. buying The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones & Company is a much bigger deal. The agenda there seems a lot more influencial than Matt Lauer could ever hope to be. <p><hr></blockquote><p>Ah Rupert Murdoch. One more entry on the liberal wheel of fear. Spin the wheel and to see what the liberal boogeyman of the day will be: Wal*mart? Rupert Murdoch? Evangelical Christians? Haliburton? Karl Rove? Fox News? Darth Cheney? <br><br>Meanwhile, NBC pushes their liberal agena programming across their many platforms: The DNC Nightly News, Today Show, their "in bed" partners at Newsweek, CNBC, Sunday Night Football (who could forget the moronic "turning off the lights" during the pre-game as NBC pushed "going green" week), MSDNC, where Olberblather might as well be hosting a show for Daily Kos or Moveon.org, into their primetime shows where they regularly attack anything not left-wing. And now it won't be long until we see "doomed" Polar Bears on The Weather Channel floating off to their deaths while Ann Curry hosts "going green on the 8s." <br><br>***************<br><br>nuttin'

Sorry the doomed polar bears are already out there - during commercials, though if you watch TV using a DVR you can fast wind through that bit and miss it, if you're so inclined.<br><br>I used to think it was terrible that life was unfair. Then I thought what if life were fair and all of the terrible things that happen came because we really deserved them? Now I take comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.

_________________________I used to think it was terrible that life was unfair. Then I thought what if life were fair and all of the terrible things that happen came because we really deserved them? Now I take comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.

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